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WinLink32 middleware provides ODBC connectivity, API links, object calls, & utilities for DBMS- to-Windows development.

WinLink32 provides end-users and developers tools to integrate their legacy applications into Windows and the Web.

End-users have point-and-click access between Windows applications and the database thanks to WinLink32's support of Microsoft's Open Database Connectivity standard (ODBC).

Developers can incorporate the Windows interface into legacy applications using GUI development tools such as Visual Basic. And you can now easily connect to your host system from the web with WinLink32's Web Wizard.

WinLink32 Feature Set - Five Tools in One (WebWizard sold separately)

Features include:

WebWizard   "Wizards" to help you publish host reports, commands, or programs onto the web; generate web pages and build instant menus on your web server! WebWizard is a connectivity tool that uses WinLink to "hook" your host system to your web server.

Using a variety of "wizards", WebWizard walks you through the process of "publishing" an existing host report, command, or program on the web; generating a web page (either for display only, or for update and display) based on a selected data file; and building instant menus that allow these web pages to be accessed.
ViaODBC32   Access host data from ODBC-compliant Windows applications with the click of a button. Easily access, sort, retrieve, update (with security), and merge data between Windows SQL-based databases and your favorite host database.

Virtually all industry-standard desktop productivity suites, reporting software, and GUI development environments use SQL and ODBC as part of their capabilities. That's because ODBC is still the most popular and easiest method of linking users to databases. ViaODBC-32 supports many MultiValue platforms including some for which no other ODBC alternative exists.
ViaAPI for Visual Basic   ViaAPI for Visual Basic allows programmers to use standard Data/BASIC programming syntax within the Visual Basic environment. File I/O, record locking, dynamic array manipulation, conversion processing, and subroutine calls are all coded in VB in a manner nearly identical to the MultiValue host's native programming language. This allows developers to use their existing MultiValue programming skills with best-of-breed Windows development software.
ViaObjects   The ViaObjects component allows corporate developers to manipulate a MultiValue database within the Object-based development model. Many development environments such as Visual Basic, Visual FoxPro, Delphi and PowerBuilder are used to develop applications using Objects. ViaObjects encapsulates the capabilities of ViaAPI for Visual Basic functions into an ActiveX framework, providing developers with the ultimate method of linking MultiValue DBMSs with the Windows 95/98 and NT environments.
mvControls (available soon)   For those who want to minimize the amount of GUI programming they have to do, mvControls "hides" many of the programmatic details, allowing you to literally "paint" a form to access your host system.

 
   
  ODBC Access Tutorial from Via Systems Inc.Using ViaObjects Tutorial from Via Systems Inc.
   
 
SUPPORTED DATABASES

ADDS (MOE)
ADDS (NATIVE)
ADDS (MENTOR PRO)
ALTOS
AMS PICK 64+
C.ITOH
PICK AP (NATIVE/PRO)
PICK AP (UNIX)
PICK D3 (UNIX/NT)
PI/OPEN
REALITY/X (4.0+)
SANYO ICON
SEQUOIA 2.0
SEQUOIA PRO
UNIDATA (UNIX/NT)
UNIVERSE (UNIX/NT)
UNIVISION
GA mvBASE
GA mvENTERPRISE
GA mvPRO
GA MENTOR PRO
GA R91
     
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